Crime Junkie

Breanna Moore was a young woman on the very cusp of the rest of her life when dating violence turned to murder and stole her entire future away from her.   For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit  https://crimejunkie.app/library/ .  Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepod...

He was charming enough to win an episode of The Dating Game back in the 70's and that charm is what allowed Rodney Alcala to slip through police's fingers time and time again. Though his reign of terror lasted only a few years, he may be one of the most prolific serial killers of our time and police still need your help to identify some of his victims.   For current Fan Club membership options and...

Is there a predator in Massachusetts who targeted two girls with an eerie connection? For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit  https://crimejunkie.app/library/ .  Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/wanted-massachusetts-murder/   Don’t miss out on all things C...

Jane, Arnna, and Grant Beaumont left their home in Adelaide to go swimming at the beach on Australia Day 1966 and were never seen again. Their disappearance changed Australian life forever.   For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit  https://crimejunkie.app/library/ .  Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources,...

In 2005, a day of playing hooky for Ray Gricar turned into an enduring mystery for his friends and family and left the world to wonder if there is a bigger conspiracy at play.    For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit  https://crimejunkie.app/library/ .  Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit...

After more than two decades of rumors and secrets, the question still remains, who killed Denise Johnson? You can listen on any podcast app for free or visit www.counterclockpodcast.com  Source for this episode: Investigative Journalist Delia D'Ambra   Don’t miss out on all things Crime Junkie! Instagram: @crimejunkiepodcast | @audiochuck Twitter: @CrimeJunkiePod | @audiochuck TikTok: @crimejunkie...

High school junior Brittanee Drexel just wanted to get away for Spring Break and have a good time with her friends in Myrtle Beach. Her mysterious disappearance would frustrate law enforcement and haunt her family for years to come. For more information on human trafficking, visit https://polarisproject.org/   For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit  https://crimejunkie....

24-year-old Lindsay Buziak was an up-and-coming real estate agent in beautiful Victoria, BC, when she was found stabbed to death in the upstairs bedroom of a house she was showing to prospective clients. Nearly 12 years later, Lindsay’s family and friends -- and local police -- are still trying to find out who killed Lindsay and why. Saanich police tip-line:  tips@saanichpolice.ca  or 1-888-980-19...

5 days before Christmas in 1984, 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews went missing from her Colorado home and she wouldn't be discovered for over three decades. In the course of the investigation one man's bizarre actions have put him front and center on police's radar and they call him a person of interest in this Christmas killing.    For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit  h...

Loren Donn Leslie was only 15 years old when police discovered her remains on a lonely logging road off Highway 16 in British Columbia. Since the late 1960s, women and girls have gone missing from the communities that surround Highway 16, or been found murdered along the desolate 450-mile stretch of road known as the Highway of Tears.   For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please...

In March of 1996 a young woman was shot under very bizarre circumstances. 23 years later her case remains unsolved, but her twin sister is still fighting for justice.    For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit  https://crimejunkie.app/library/ .  Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://...

Dellen Millard was the 27-year-old millionaire heir to a Canadian aviation company when he murdered a perfect stranger during a test-drive. What unfolded in the months that followed would leave Canada -- and the world -- in disbelief.   For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit  https://crimejunkie.app/library/ .  Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to chara...

Brian Shaffer was supposed to be enjoying a night out with friends on April 1, 2006. Instead, he vanished. 13 years later, the mystery of what happened that night still endures.    For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit  https://crimejunkie.app/library/ .   Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please vi...

When Navy sailor Kyle Antonacci was found dead in his barracks in 2010, investigators quickly ruled it a suicide. However, discrepancies pop up right away and his family is left with one critical question: did Kyle really die by suicide, or was it something more sinister?   For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit https://crimejunkie.app/library/ .  Sources for this episo...

For three weeks in October 2002, the nation's capital region was paralyzed with fear as a series of deadly sniper attacks killed innocent people across Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. This week, we partnered with the FBI to bring you this episode and to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first African-American agent joining the Bureau. Together with a very special guest from the FBI...

When Jennifer Levin is found murdered in Central Park in 1986, and one of her private school friends is arrested for the crime, it catalyzes bitter debates about sex, privilege, legal ethics, parental responsibility, socioeconomics, victim’s rights, and so much more, because before there was the OJ Simpson trial, there was the Preppy Murder.  For current Fan Club membership options and policies, p...

Just like love knows no gender, neither does jealousy, dysfunction or murder. In honor of domestic violence awareness month we are partnering with The Network/La Red to bring awareness to issues of domestic violence within the LGBTQ community.   For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit  https://crimejunkie.app/library/ .  Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due...

In this week's episode, we talk more about the man responsible for making Canadian women disappear for years and what horrors were found on his pig farm.    For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit  https://crimejunkie.app/library/ .  Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit:  https://crimejunkie...

For two decades, women living in a ten-block stretch of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, were disappearing without a trace. This week’s episode is part one of a two-part series. It’s a story of tragedy and triumph – and of one man who terrorized the downtown Eastside for almost two decades.   For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit  https://crimejunkie.app/library/ ....

In the early morning hours of June 3, 2011, Lauren Spierer went out and celebrated the end of a semester by partying with friends. It should have been like so many weekends before. But on this morning Lauren would leave the company of her friends and walk off alone in the direction of her apartment, never to be seen again.   For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit  https...

When Chinese graduate student Yingying Zhang agreed to spend a year in America, she did so by looking forward to the opportunities it would present for her future. However, in June of 2017, 26-year-old Yingying would go missing while on her way to an appointment. Over the next several weeks, a dark saga would begin to play out as police began figuring out what had happened to her...   For current...

After Darlie was sentenced to death for the murder of her two boys her defense team immediately started the appeals process. There was a lot of information they felt the public didn't get to hear and evidence that could prove an innocent woman is sitting on death row for a crime she did not commit.    For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit  https://crimejunkie.app/libra...

In 1996 a small Texas community was rocked by the tragic slaying of two young boys. The police and prosecution had their sights set on one person as the perpetrator: The boy's mother. And they would work tirelessly to make sure she paid the price.   For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit  https://crimejunkie.app/library/ .  Sources for this episode cannot be listed here...

In 1981 a young boy named Adam was abducted by a stranger from a shopping plaza. It would take almost three decades to bring closure to his family but in that time Adam’s legacy would forever change the way America views and handles missing children cases.   For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit https://crimejunkie.app/library/ .  To join the fan club and listen to thi...

In May of 2014, a married couple went to check in on their elderly neighbors, who lived alongside the scenic Lake Oconee. Inside the older couple's house, they would find one of the most gruesome crime scenes of all-time, which kicked off a terrifying mystery that remains unanswered today...   For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit  https://crimejunkie.app/library/ .  S...